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† cāmus, i, m., = κημός (Dor. καμός).

  1. I. A muzzle for horses (only in eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 31, 9; Ambros. Hex. 6, 3.
  2. * II. Perh. a kind of collar for the neck, Non. p. 200, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 302 Rib.).
    3. ‡† cana, Gr. (*κάνεον, plur. κάνεα κάνη, a wicker basket) for canistra, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

cānăba (or cannăba), ae, f. [kindr. with κάναβος and κάννα; acc. to others, with καλύβη], a hovel, hut, Aug. Serm. 61, de Temp.; Inscr. Orell. 39; 4077.

cānăbŭla, ae, f. dim. [canaba], a small hovel, Auct. Limit. p. 257 Goes.

Cănăcē, ēs, f., = Κανάκη.

  1. I. Daughter of Æolus, who, living in incest with her brother Macareus, bore a son to him, and was forced by her father to kill herself, Ov. H. 11; id. Tr. 2, 384.
  2. II. The name of a dog, Ov. M. 3, 217; Hyg. Fab. 181.

* cănăchēni, ōrum, m., a class of thieves, Arn. 6, p. 207 dub.; cf. Öhler ad h. l.

Cănăchus, i, m., = Κάναχος, the name of two artists of Sicyon, Cic. Brut. 18, 70; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 50.

Canae, ārum, f., = Κάναι, a town on the coast of Æolis, opposite Mytilene, now Kanot-Koli, Liv. 36, 45, 8; cf. Mel. 1, 18; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122.

cănālĭcĭus, a, um, v. canaliensis.

‡ Cănālĭcŏlae, ārum, m., poor or lazy people who used to lounge near the Forum, at a place called the Canalis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

cănālĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [canaliculus], like a channel or pipe, channelled, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119; 27, 9, 55, § 78.

cănālĭcŭlus, i, m. (cănālĭcŭla, ae, f. (ante- and post-class.), Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 198, 7; Gell. 17, 11, 2; cf. canalis), dim. [canalis], a small channel, pipe, or gutter.

  1. I. A water-channel, Vitr. 10, 14 fin.; Col. 8, 15, 6.
  2. II. A channel of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3.
  3. III. The channel or groove of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.
  4. IV. In surgery, a splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 2 fin.

cănālĭensis, e, and cănālĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [canalis], dug out of shafts or pits: aurum, quod puteis foditur canalicium vocant, alii canaliense, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; absol. (sc. aurum), id. 33, 4, 23, § 80.

cănālis, is, m. (rarely ante- and postclass., f., Cato, R. R. 18, 6; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; 3, 7, 8; 3, 11, 2; Auct. Aetn. 127 and 149; cf. the dim. canaliculus, etc., Rudd. I. p. 25, n. 35) [kindr. with Sanscr. root khan, fodere, perfodere; Gr. χαίνω, χανῶ; Germ. gähnen, to yawn; or cf. canna, a pipe, reed; Fr. canale; Engl. canal; Sp. cañon].

  1. I. In gen., a pipe, groove, channel, whether open or closed, esp. a water-pipe or channel, a conduit, a canal, Cato, R. R. l. l.; Varr. R. R. l. l.; Verg. G. 3, 330; Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Verg. G. 4, 265; Liv. 23, 31, 9; Suet. Claud. 20; Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82; Stat. S. 1, 2, 205; Auct. Aetn. 127 al.
    Of a channel or trench in mines, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69.
    Of the windpipe: animae, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29.
    Of the cervix vulvae, Cels. 4, 1, § 38.
    Of a sewer running to the cloaca: (fore) in medio propter canalem, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 15; cf. canalicolae.
    1. B. Trop. (not in Cic.), of vision: (pupillae) angustiae non sinunt vagari incertam aciem ac velut canali dirigunt, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; cf.: cujus limine transmeato … jam canale directo perges ad regiam, App. M. 6, p. 180, 19.
      And of the flow of speech: pleniore canali fluere, Quint. 11, 3, 167: certo canali cuncta decurrere, Gallicanus ap. Non. p. 198, 5.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. In architecture, the groove or fluting upon Ionic capitals, Vitr. 3, 5, 7.—
    2. B. The channel for missiles in a catapult, Vitr. 10, 13, 7.
    3. C. In surgery, a splint for holding broken bones together, Cels. 8, 10, § 65 sq.
    4. D. A household utensil of unknown form and use, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.
    5. E. A musical instrument, the reed-pipe, Calp. Ecl. 4, 76.

cănārĭus, a, um, adj. [canis],

  1. I. of or pertaining to dogs, dog-: augurium, i. e. in which dogs were offered, Auct. ap. Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 14; Fest. s. v. rutilae, p. 285 Müll. (cf. Ov. F. 4, 936; Col. 10, 342 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. catularia, p. 45 Müll.): herba, a kind of grass; acc. to Sprengel, fingerformed panic: Panicum dactylon, Linn.: lappa, Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. As adj. prop.: Cănārĭa insula, one of the Insulae Fortunatae in the Atlantic Ocean, so called from its large dogs, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 205; Sol. 56, 17.
      Plur.: Canariae insulae, the Canary islands, Arn. 6, 5.
    2. B. As nom. prop.: Cănārii, ōrum, m., a voracious people of Mauritania, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 15.

‡ cānaster, μιξοπόλιος, half-gray, grizzled, Gloss. Gr. Lat. [canus].

‡ cănātim, adv. [canis], in the manner of a dog, like a dog, κυνηδόν, Nigid. ap. Non. p. 40, 26.